In Chicago on the Southside in the Chatham neighborhood lived a young woman named Nicole. Nicole was intelligent, pretty and an all around lovely person. She had a good job as a Marketing Analyst for a Fortune 500 company in Downtown Chicago, and seldom missed a Sunday to attend service at her local church. Nicole loved going to church ever since she was a little girl. Her mother would literally have to drag Nicole's younger brother, Tim, to church, but not Nicole. Nicole arose early to attend Sunday school and even made time to volunteer in her church's daycare center and special events that occurred throughout the year. On the surface, Nicole was one of those individuals that appeared to have everything going well in her life.

However, the challenge unbeknownst to me would occur as I boarded the bus that put me at my work place five minutes shy of being an hour late.

But as I look to the future, whether it's the next year, the next month, the next week or even the next day. One thing is crystal clear . . . I need A New Song.